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If you had became a parent at the same age your mother would have been when she had you , how old would you have been?

127 replies

OneUmberJoker · 03/12/2025 21:37

31 ...

OP posts:
MumzieOf5 · 03/12/2025 22:42

My mum had me at 30 BUT what totally blows my mind is that my eldest daughter (eldest of 5) turned 21 last week which was the same age I was when I had her!! Wtf?! lol

Joeylove88 · 03/12/2025 22:42

Mum was just turned 22 and I was 34 with my first!

RyanFudgingMurphy · 03/12/2025 22:46

I was 28.

Cornishclio · 03/12/2025 22:51

My mum was 25 when she had me. I had my first DD when I was 26. I think that is what you are asking but I had to read your question three times. Why didn’t you just say how old was your mum when she had you?

Loobyloolovesandypandy · 03/12/2025 22:53

CryMyEyesViolet · 03/12/2025 21:42

Aka, what age was your mum when she had you?

😂😂😂 Thank you

LarryUnderwood · 03/12/2025 22:55
  1. I was 33 when I had DS1 and 34 when I had DS2.
Loobyloolovesandypandy · 03/12/2025 22:55

BeNoisyFish · 03/12/2025 21:47

Are you asking how old would I be now had my mother given birth to me at the same age that I became a parent?
So i became a parent in my 20s, my mother gave birth to me in her 40s.. i would be in my 50s now if she had given birth to me the same age as i was when i gave birth to mine.

Eh!

Loobyloolovesandypandy · 03/12/2025 22:59

OneUmberJoker · 03/12/2025 21:37

31 ...

She was 18 and I was the second. Consequently I waited until I was 26.

RescueMeFromThisSilliness · 03/12/2025 23:02

41

Mere1 · 03/12/2025 23:04

32

Mere1 · 03/12/2025 23:04

32

Auhdandme · 03/12/2025 23:06

18

bluesky9 · 03/12/2025 23:07

Yet another one poster never to return. What was the point of your post OP?

Rituelec · 03/12/2025 23:07

25

IAmKerplunk · 03/12/2025 23:08

My mum was 23 when she had her first child as was I

Allswellthatendswelll · 03/12/2025 23:13

She was 27

Or do you mean if you had your first child at your mother's age how old would you be now?!

So I'm 37 and DS is 4 but if I was my mother's age when I had him I'd be 31 with a 4 year old.

My head hurts.

kittyfairy66 · 03/12/2025 23:16

She was 29 when she had me but I was her last baby I was her 5th I had my daughter at 18 she's almost 20 now I have 5 aswell youngest is almost 10

HolidayPlanningAgain · 03/12/2025 23:18

Bio mum 16.. actual mum 40

Kickinthenostalgia · 03/12/2025 23:20

My mum was 20 when I was born, I was 19 when DS was born

thaegumathteth · 03/12/2025 23:22

See he was 39 I was 24

Wednesdaysotherchild · 03/12/2025 23:29

Mother - had me at 33
Me - had DS at 42

cadburyegg · 03/12/2025 23:30

BeNoisyFish · 03/12/2025 21:51

Maybe the premise is that "our mothers had us young and it's a long way of saying when did your mother have you? Could you imagine being this young?" My mother had me in her 40s and i became a mum in my 20s so the trend of having babies later didn't apply to me.
I should really be reading relaxing things before bed this is waking me up more😆

Same! She was 42, I was 27

MrsSkylerWhite · 03/12/2025 23:31

29 when we had our first.

ladygindiva · 03/12/2025 23:32
  1. I on the other hand was 22
Getoffofmyland · 03/12/2025 23:34

I had my youngest at exactly the same age my mum had me (36)

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